Three Miln Britons Ready for Armzrive (typo preserved headline)
London dispatch reports a reshaped British army cased by June 1940 to defend England against invasion. Three million strong with two million regulars and one million home guard, generals emphasize mobility and modernized divisions to repulse invaders and strike Europe.
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Drew Middleton
London
Special News Service
England
Churchill
Germany
Home Guard
United Kingdom
War Office
Bri Lish
Lord Gort
John Dill
Imperial General Staff
Themen
Oldsters
Dillis
Brooks
Alexander
Adam
Pownall
Gort
BEF
Britain
Confounding Cash and Tricks Across Towns
A string of brief items reports currency woes in New York with a counterfeit Confederate bill found at a bank. In Coatesville a police captain frets over a candid cameraman filming sleep on duty. In Claire, a draft protest complains at 6:30 am. A Madison youth plans to study crime from jail after vagrancy sentencing in Los Angeles. A Midland City church sale offers 50 dollars to all denominations, while Mt. Vernon firefighters test high pressure causing chaos and property damage.
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Associated Press
North Tarrytown
N.Y
Federal Reserve Bank
New York
Lonely Birdale to Join Drafted Master
Fortard California February 6 UP Laddie a ten year old Airedale dog that was dying of loneliness will join his master in the army Private Everett H. Scott of Chanute Kansas enlisted four months ago Laddie was inconsolable refused to eat and had grown so weak he could hardly walk Maj General Joseph W Stivell commander of the th division heard of it and arranged to have Scott send for his dog Officers said there was no rule against a soldier having his dog with him in camp but Laddie would have to visit a veterinary once a year for an inoculation against rabies
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Laddie
Britons rehearse invasion defense with precision and resolve
An observer notes Britain's wary study of invasion tactics, with veterans and new tricks shaping defensive drills. Subalterns who once failed stealth now command silent kill skills, while Devon and Hampshire residents point out gun placements across their landscapes. The general asserts every foot of commandaled land is known and fortified.
Spain's Plight Bleak Despite One Years Peace
Spain enters its third year without normal life amid food shortages and arrests. Exiled Republicans abroad split into factions while Falange power remains fragile. Some call for a constitutional monarchy via Infante Don Juan. most fear renewed bloodshed if a leftist republic returns.
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Washington
Spain
France
French
Morocco
Mexico
Venezuela
Cuba
Chile
United States
Francisco Franco
Barcelona
Don Manuel Azana
Catalonia
Madrid
Spanish Republic
Falange
Ramon’ Serrano Stuner
Nazi Party
Italy
Franco
Mildred Gilmore 137 Recovers After 18 Operations
Miss Mildred Gilmore, aged 137, has undergone 18 operations in a long struggle to regain use of her limbs. She has nearly recovered from a childhood paralytic attack that crippled her right leg, reflecting a remarkable medical ordeal.
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Minruxy
Mass
Mildred Gilmore
Killer Coates Sentenced To Death In Electric Chair
Charles Coates, an escaped Missouri life termist, was sentenced to die in the electric chair for fatally shooting Georgia trooper Sergeant W F Black near Ringgold. The jury convicted him despite his claim his companion shot Black. Trooper B R Farr identified Coates, who described a companion named Charlie Butler. Coates, captured near Decatur, Tennessee after a five day manhunt, was born into a life of crime and was eventually brought to Ringgold in a wheeled chair for execution scheduled March 7. He had previously lost toes to frostbite after eluding a posse.
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Ringgold
Charles Coates
Missouri
Georgia
John C. Mitchell
Coates
W. F. Black
Black
B. R. Farr
Farr
Charlie Butler
Harvey-Holt
Atlanta
Butler
Chattanooga
Decatur
Tenn
Justice Goes in High Gear in El Paso Court
In El Paso a federal judge sentenced nine men for illegally entering the United States from Mexico. The record time totaled 95 minutes, averaging one minute and 43 seconds per person as the proceedings concluded in federal court.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
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